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Re: Offside after tackle?

the problem with creating formal offside loines (I think this was trialled as a ELV ?) is that once a runner breaks the defensive line and every defender is behind him, a tackle puts the entire defensive side offside and it would almost be impossible to ever reach a stage whereby they can get back onside to defend - they wold have to be running significantly faster than the attackers to achieve this.

So the nend result will either be a lot more undefendable tries, or yellow cards potentially with PTs as defenders now just tackle in offside postitions. You'd possibly have a lot more PTs being awarded for offside tackles inside the attacker's own half.

Re: Offside after tackle?

Originally Posted by didds

the problem with creating formal offside loines (I think this was trialled as a ELV ?) is that once a runner breaks the defensive line and every defender is behind him, a tackle puts the entire defensive side offside and it would almost be impossible to ever reach a stage whereby they can get back onside to defend - they wold have to be running significantly faster than the attackers to achieve this.

So the nend result will either be a lot more undefendable tries, or yellow cards potentially with PTs as defenders now just tackle in offside postitions. You'd possibly have a lot more PTs being awarded for offside tackles inside the attacker's own half.

didds

I see what you're saying but they could just ignore the ball untill they come back to an on-side position.
I see a lot of players exploting this situation, they just wait for the ball to be passed and intercept it, they always come back where the ball is going to be passed (who knows why? )
If you are worried....there could be exceptions (ball is passed 2 times, ball carrier runs for 3/5 meters, an opponet player touches the ball or the ball carrier).